Avoid it, and do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.